Undocumented Switch in Google Chrome

The newly introduced omnibox in Google Chrome does provide 5 suggestions by default. You can increase the number of suggestion using an undocumented switch, "-omnibox-popup-count=10", to 10 instead.

>>> http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/the-geek-blog/increase-google-chromes-omnibox-popup-suggestion-count-with-an-undocumented-switch/

Silent Crash PoC for Google Chrome

A PoC to cause silent crash on Google Chrome is published. See it at milw0rm.

See the other 0-day vulnerabilities:

• http://myseq.blogspot.com/2008/09/google-chrome-first-0-day.html
  
• http://myseq.blogspot.com/2008/09/google-chrome-second-0-day.html
  
• View existing bugs at http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/list

More Tips on Google Chrome

For Google Chrome users:

1. Google Chrome does support multiple profiles. Learn how to create separate profiles in Google Chrome at http://www.labnol.org/software/create-family-profiles-in-google-chrome/4394/
   
2. If you are an impatient Linux user who want to give Google Chrome a try, see the instruction at http://www.myscienceisbetter.info/2008/09/install-google-chrome-on-linux-using-wine.html
   
3. If you are a brave road-warrior, you may want to download the latest copy of Google Chrome at http://build.chromium.org/buildbot/snapshots/chromium-rel-xp/?O=D
   

General tips:

• Right click on the BACK/FORWARD button to list the recently visited pages.
• Ctrl+Shift+T (Undo closing tab)
• Alt-D (Focus on omnibox bar)
• ? <query>
  
• Simple calculation with "5 miles in km"
  
• You can detach a tab by drag it outside the window.
• You can copy the downloaded file by drag it to desktop.

>>> More tips at http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/09/google-chrome-tips.html

Avoid Re-activation of Windows XP (on same machine)

This tip is useful if you plan to reinstall your machine (XP) without reactivate it.

1. Backup the file called "WPA.DBL", located in %systemroot%\system32 folder.
2. Reinstall your XP, but decline the activation.
3. Restore the WPA.DBL file to the same location.

>>> http://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/how-to-reactivate-windows/

Some Useful Google Talk Bots

Today, I found an article that list a number of useful GTalk bots, which you should add as friends.

See it at http://www.labnol.org/internet/most-useful-google-talk-bots/4347/

If you are interested in creating your own bot, check out the tutorial here.